Public Safety

A single-vehicle accident on Interstate 77 on Saturday also lead to a fatality, according to Virginia State Police Trooper Alan Vaughan.
This crash occurred at about 3:15 p.m. at the 3 milemarker in the northbound lanes, when driver Jeffrey D. Stewart, 66, of Worthington, Ohio, apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
The 2010 Chevy Malibu went off the road to the right and struck a rock embankment and overturned several times, the trooper said. This ejected a backseat passenger.

No students were injured after a school bus slipped off the edge of the road in the Laurel section of Carroll Tuesday morning.
In the brief time before another bus arrived, Hillsville Fire Department members put the kids in the fire trucks to be out of the morning chill.

By SHAINA STOCKTON, Staff
The room was dark and full of smoke, so seeing was next to impossible.
The injured firefighter lay helpless underneath the rubble that had fallen from the ceiling during a search of the room.
All the firefighter could do was scream to the rest of the crew for help. They arrived quickly, and pushed away the fallen debris.
“Are you alright?” asked one of the firefighter's brothers as the rest gathered around, preparing to carry them out if necessary.

HILLSVILLE — About 23 people caught in the massive Easter Sunday wreck on Interstate 77 used the Grover King VFW Post 1115 as a way station on their journey to get their lives back on track.
Many travelers on the interstate near Fancy Gap had their Easter plans disrupted after the dense fog set in.
While these adults and children, along with three dogs, were caught up in the crashes, they were also bystanders for much of the day.

Fog in Fancy Gap set the stage for the sprawling Easter Sunday wrecks on Interstate 77 that killed three people, injured 30 and involved 96 vehicles, Virginia State Police First Sgt. Mike Musser said. The victims were all from out of state.
In all, a cadre of state troopers from the Twin Counties and Wythe and Pulaski counties worked 18 accidents that snared 96 vehicles in the incident that began at approximately 1:15 p.m. on March 31.

ROANOKE — “This is me moving your mouse.”
Sure enough, a Dublin consumer’s computer mouse cursor began to move across the screen on its own.
Someone had taken control of her computer. Unfortunately, minutes later they would have control of her bank account, as well.
Multiple consumers have told the Better Business Bureau in Western Virginia that they have been contacted by an overseas computer repair company offering virus protection and claiming to work for Microsoft.

A Baywood man charged in a drug distribution investigation had several items seized when police raided his home — including his go-cart.
On March 22, members of the Grayson County Sheriff’s Office and the Twin County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at the home of Randy Eugene Osborne at 3170 Old Baywood Road near Galax.

FRIES — When Joan Hammond received a call saying she had won $1.5 million in a Las Vegas lottery, at first she was thrilled.
Then, when the caller gave her some suspicious directions to claim the prize, reality set in.
Hammond began investigating the “prize” and discovered she was the victim of a scam.
She and the Better Business Bureau are working to inform the public about the scam, which also uses the BBB’s name without permission.
Hammond shared her story so that “hopefully no one falls into their trap.”